I think it's interesting that Kira's nails grow when he feels the urge to kill, simmiliar to a cat ready to pounce.

Killer Queen has already touched the like button.

Kira is undoubtedly one of the most well written antagonists in the series, he's a great example of Araki's brilliance.

My favorite part is kira is that even though he’s clearly unhinged, he’s also very classy and cunning, like a mafia leader kind of. I also like his design, he’s supposed to stand out as the main villain, but he still managed to seem ordinary to those around him

Kira is great because he's the only character in Jojo that has five seperate skins and one of them became a part of the main protagonist of the best part in Jojo.

Shame there isn’t a canon universe where he just settles down with the kids mom and stops going for the HANDS

Shigechi: "Hey you why is there a hand in your bag?" Kira:" Oh that's a prop for a movie and i don't want to just hold it out in the open because it looks gross" Part 4 end

Kira is the only jojo villain that doesn’t want to rule the world where he rather be a normal salary men with killing as his hobby

Kira is a good villain: I sleep Kira is perfect: *R E A L S H I T*

Killer Queen had a Stand cry??? Never noticed before tbh, that's cool

Kira is what took JoJo villains from run-of-the-mill shonen archetypes, to something interesting and unique. It took 3 more parts and 12 more years for us to get another villain that could potentially top him, in the form of Funny Valentine.

The other thing about Joskue and Kira being opposites from each other is simply the look. When people look at Joskue they look at him as a Delinquent since in Japan people in gangs had that hair style so they probably thought he was a bad or disrespectful person not knowing he was a really nice and caring person. While In Kira looks he looks like a well mannered and nice person just by how he dressed. He has a nice suit nice hair clean shoes always caring a suit case yet they don’t know how he is a serial killer who is insane. As much as I loved this part I just noticed that today

Here before someone inevitably posts his full speech.

What I like about Kira is how he appears twice before his actual introduction, and you never notice it. He appears during Yukako’s episode with Cinderella, and the lesser known one, during The chili pepper fight (with josuke) during his rant on how he’s stealing power from the whole city, you can see Kira standing in front of the malfunctioning traffic light. It’s fascinating, showing how he can stand as a background character. An unsuspecting victim would never notice.

Heat: exists Sheer Heart Attack: SPEEEEEN

One of my favorite parts about Kira is his death. He died getting exactly what he wanted, being unnoticed.

Araki said in an interview that the city of Morioh is defined by high strangeness camouflaged in mundaneness, filled with inhabitants who are fascinating but you don’t want to get too close to them. Kira, despite being a dangerous anomaly, actually fit in well in Morioh for his anomalous nature. BRAVO! Another fantastic & insightful video!!

He just wanted a Quiet life without being kink shamed.

Anybody: **living happily in Morioh** Killer Queen: *time to expand my bomb radius explosion and create Morioh's nuclear explosion*

When you realize that Koichis arc is represented perfectly by his stand Act 1: sound of words, when Koichi was the first person to tell everyone there was a killer in Morioh Act 2: meaning of words, when Koichi was the one to inform everybody about Kira’s name, stand name and stand power Act 3: Weight of words, when Koichi was able to stop Kira from activating BTD just in time for Jortaro to get within range The koichi guy is insanely reliable

"mAtH Is usLEsS" Kira with Stray Cat: This is big brain time

Kira is honestly my favorite villian because of not only his perfect design and motivations but also how despite being a realitively normal guy there is a sense of entitlement and darkness to Kira. Him sending sheer heart attack on unsuspecting non stand user women is honestly proof of how terrible he really is

"the pressure of the ambulance's wheel running over his head" Damn Araki is a genius.

_He attack_ _He's love of hands is wack_ _His stand a cat_ _But most importantly..._ *He wants his quiet life back.*

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.

To think Kira could have had a happy life since he did protect Shinobu , but his killer instincts overtook him and the rest is history

I hope Kira got a back rub in Dead Man's Questions. Because it must've been hard carrying Part 4 like that.

Who is better? Kira the serial Killer oder Kira the ship doctor? I love both.

He's David Bowie with the Power of Freddie Mercury.

I love how Kira can be seen in the background before his big reveal which goes well with the terrifying idea that you could walk past a killer anytime you take a walk. The predator in plain sight.

This is prob the scariest villain in my opinion. Simply because of his mentality. People like him do exist in real life too. Just looking normal like him, hiding their unhinged, murderous, psychopathic intentions, ready to kill you at any moment. This dude simply gave me a whole different perspective of seeing ppl in public

"Araki didn't want killer queen to be way too powerfull" King crimson and GER: are we a joke to you?

I’ve always loved that Kira as a villain was never given a choice at a truly normal life. He was born with the urges to kill and with that, his only two choices are to keep it inside himself and live miserably or act on them and live happily while others die. It doesn’t justify his actions, but it adds to the fact that it’s his destiny at birth to be the chaos in Josuke’s life.

Have you ever seen how Kira treats his hands? It's actually really wholesome. Except the part where it's a dead person's hand.

I am gonna say it, one of Kira’s abilities should have been called “under pressure” to reference the song made by Queen and Bowie

What if araki one day, just commented on one of these videos and just said “nah lmao, i just did this cause i thought it was cool.”

Breath of the Killer: First Form - Contact Bomb Breath of the Killer: Second Form - Heat Seeker Breath of the Killer: Third Form - Death Infinity Breath of the Killer: Fourth Form - Silent Killer

I love Yoshikage because he acts and thinks like a genuine Psychopath that help amplifies the themes of community and Justice in part 4 making him a Amazing antagonist

Mr. Handman, give me a hand. Make it the finest hand in the land-

The way araki writes his villains is just outright spectacular.

Kira is probably the most realistic villain in JoJo, he's a pure psychopath that wants a quiet domestic life while committing crimes with his stand and will do anything to achieve the life he wants, I also like that he has a mudane appearance compared to a lot of characters in the series

The assassin of Morioh, also I never know Killer Queen have stand cry.

To quote a certain Akihiko Sanada: "I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!"

" How many kira videos are gonna be made? " JJBA youtubers: yes

When Adachi’s theme from persona 4 arena was playing in the background of a video about on Kira Yoshikage

20 minutes POGGERS

I didn't expect this but I really needed it kira is so good not even meti could list everything great about him (eg. more similarities to cats, relationship with hayato, ocasional cockyness and emotional changing, etc)

Wait. For a while, I heard Sheer Heart Attack make an odd sound. It almost sounds like... "SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"

The title should've been "The Purrfection of Yoshikage Kira" I'll see myself out

I have a theory on a musical reference to Kira’s personality. So apparently Freddie Mercury once said “what I’m trying to say is that high class people can be whores to”. This was when someone asked him about the song killer queen. But this fits Kira pretty well, Kira is a man that does things that society wouldn’t accept. So in Kira’s case it’s that normal looking people can be monsters too.

As much as horrible human being Kira is, you have to give him some major respect him, he lived and died for his fetish

Man, David Bowie was always my favorite jojo character. Even when I was extremely new to Jojo, I knew that Kira was gonna be my favorite. He's got the looks, the suit, the personality, the stand, the intimidation! He will probably stay my favorite Jojo character, and I will always be jealous that I will never able to write a character HALF as good as him. Also, Queen is one of my favorite bands and I always sing Killer Queen in the shower. 10/10, bravo Araki.

Kiran is under so much pressure that he's having a BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN

7:38 “Speeeeeen” Wait, this isn’t 「Steel Ball Run」

If Josuke is the heart of Morioh then Kira must be the brain. The antithetical way the that they act against one another and all

Kira Yoshikage: The villain in death and rebirth that becomes more heroic

Yoshikage: Is literally a serial killer, an antagonist and a C A T Also Yoshikage: The best dad in jojo

How do you forget the most important lyric of Killer Queen bruh? Like “To avoid complications, she never kept the same address”

You know what, I actually finished my second rewatch of part 4 recently and I’ve really appreciated Yoshikage Kira more and how good of an antagonist he is, plus killer queen is such a badass stand too.

Imagine fighting some guy with a ability called "lose and die"

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE *CAT HATCH* "kira hollows out killer queens abdomen" what like, does this mean he has a hollow abdomen? he should feel this, right? can every stand user do this? i'm so confused by this

you forgot one crucial thing about the perfection of kira: his theme his theme fits so well with him it goes from something unassuming like elevator music to something sinister and dark which is basically what kira does when he goes to kill like you wouldnt expect someone who looks like kira to kill you

It is indeed, me.

The underpressure part is also a great part when he was careing for Shinobus safe. That wad his last chance to change, and not get under the pressure of killing. If you listen to under pressure when he fights stray cat, it mimics a lot of what is going on in his mind, is kinda crazy how well is executed that chapter

There’s also a reference for Kira changing identities in the Killer Queen, in the lyric: “To avoid complications, she never kept the same address .”

*Adachis theme playing in the background* I see what you done there

Queen and Kira fit together so well it makes me wonder, who was first, designing Kira then naming his abilities or picking random queen lyrics and making abilities

7:38 SpEeEeEeEeEeEeN

The amount of detail in the characters written is incredible. It's really cool to see the little things in each character.

Thank you for making this video, keep up the great work.

Leave the man alone, he just wants a quiet life

Glad to see my favourite villain get a video and new type at that

I've been looking forward to this video for absolutely ages. You wonderful bastard.

After you did Josuke's video i was just waiting for a Kira vid, thank ye c:

You know Kira could’ve avoided this whole mess by convincing Shigechi that the hand was just a realistic-looking Halloween prop

0:08 This Dio sure has a good taste in books..

One of my favorite parts of your videos are your openings... they always make me feel some type of way.

amazing analysis as always Meti boi

I'm not sure if this was also in the manga, but in the anime, Kira does actually show a semblance of mercy towards someone. During the Sheer Heart Attack fight, Kira starts heading back to the shoe store to see what was taking so long, and gets harassed by two guys. His wallet fell out of his jacket pocket, and the goon picked it up. Instead of an instant detonation the moment he touched the WALLET, it only occured when he touched the MONEY, which suggested that Kira was willing to leave them be if they simply gave his wallet back, and even then, he only blew up the guy's hand (though that might just be because there was another guy with him, so there'd be a potential witness).

Meti: *going into the details of the functions of 「Sheer Heart Attack」 「Sheer Heart Attack」: *SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN*

Wow. As a HUGE fan of Yoshikage Kira, I really enjoyed this, and I learned a few things I didn't know previously about one of my all time favorite villains. Thank you for making this, its awesome. Also I hope Medicos gets around to making a Super Action Statue of Dead Man's questions Kira and the JoJolion version

Perfect video on my favourite antagonist! I have a feeling that you really enjoyed this video as well!

I always liked the monkey paw like effect of Bitez Za Dusto. Kira got the peaceful life he wanted, he didnt need to concern himself with what was going on because his stands taking care of it. But in that same case his life is so peaceful he isnt informed about anything the stands doing. Hiyato could of reset over 1000 times, formed any amount of plans, dont anything and he would never know how in jeopardy that peaceful life of his was. Idk it's always something I rarely hear anyone talk about, how ironic it all turned out so I'm glad someone finally did.

Might be my favourite antagonist of all time, he's like a combination of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho and Jack from The House That Jack Built. But JoJo p4 came out before either of those movies which makes him all the more genius.

This video is a masterclass on character analysis, and deserves more attention.

Another awesome analysis video!

7:38 SPEEeeeeeeen

Araki "I might Draw Morioh again in part 8 and 9 (laughs)" Haha. Yea. Definitely a joke man 🤧

It’s always a good day when Meti uploads

Not only you talked bout one my favorite villain, the bgm used is the themes of my all time favorite villain

Notably, I think his abusive mom plays well into his former persona he had before taking on a new identity. He likely wanted to feel in control of his environment and reminds himself of that when he recites the info on himself. Its the conditions he finds safe cause he controls them and won't let anyone infringe on them. Control let's him feel safe and he doesn't want a life of conflict since its deeply uncomfortable for him. Additionally his only female role model was abusive towards him and thus why he never willingly found a female partner and more saw any perspective women as potential outlets for his murderous hand fetish. Both sides of him were influenced from his upbringing in that cruel household.

Even though that I like Arakis character and their clothing design, the fact that Yoshikage Kira is one of the very few, wearing an actual Suit (If you leave season 1 out) Makes perfect sense, because all he wants Is a quiet life, and not to attract any attention.

yes i love a good kira yoshikage appreciation video

When Sheer Heart Attack was spinning, I thought I heard Vinny's voice in my head, but it was actually the video lol

7:37 my good sir, you have good taste in memes and streams.

Love the background music

Ah hell yeah, dude. Hyped as hell for this.

I just love this mans work and it feels extremely fleshed out and well presented no matter the character

Videos like this really show how well thought out Jojo actually is with so many things actually lining up when you look into them. You'd look at Kira and simply think, likely because of Death Note, that his called that because he's a killer but his name has a deeper meaning. His appearance has a deeper meaning, his Stand names have deeper meaning, even his personality. It just makes me appreciate moments from the series that I never thought of at first but when I did made perfect sense. One example is related to Kira when he has Cinderella grant him a new face. As I recall, Aya's goal was to help people in their love life with her stand with this allowing Yukako to finally be with Koichi. With this in mind, its extremely interesting that even when forced to use her Stand to help Kira, she unintentionally helps a failing marriage as Shinobu hated her marriage and her husband all the way up until he was replaced by Kira (unknown to her). Now she was suddenly happy and super in love with what she thought was her husband and its possible that Kira was falling for her too. Even when forced against her will, she manages to help someone find love, even if unwilling and unintentional, this trend stuck through the series. Another example of this is Polnareff when he confronts both DIO and Diavolo. Dio is Italian for God and Diavolo is Italian for Devil and when Polnareff confronts DIO, he's looking up at him, looking up at God while when faced with Diavolo he is looking down, down at the devil himself. Araki is an amazing writer, everything he puts in place fits, makes sense and seems incredibly thought out. Despite what the 'Araki Forgot' crowd may think, he does actually think hard about his work, he's not constantly forgetting crucial details, far from it infact and ironically its these very same people who are forgetting things just to point out an alleged plot hole. This just makes me love the series more and more.

I've waited so long for this video.